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Today Friday 19th January 2017 saw the Northern Governors Forum pay a condolence visit to Benue state to condole governor Samuel Ortom and the people of the state for the recent spate of attacks that killed over 73 people. In the delegation was Governor Simon Lalong, the Chairman of the Northern Governor’s Forum (Governor Kashim […]

Dr Velle Lohdip, the Acting Chief Medical Director, Plateau State Hospitals Management Board, said on Friday that the board generated N144 million revenue in 2017. Lohdip gave the figure at the defence of the board’s 2018 budget, before the state House of Assembly Standing Committee on Health in Jos. According to him, the amount was […]

The Federal Government says work will commence next week on cattle colonies in states that has indicated interest to establish them. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, disclosed this on Friday during a visit to the Agriculture and Veterinary Complex of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Ogbeh said that the National […]

A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria should not turn its back on the clamour for restructuring. Mr. Obasanjo spoke on Friday at a Convocation Lecture organised by the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. He said the university has set the pace for the discussion on restructuring. The former president is among […]

The controversies and unease between the Association of Resident Doctors of Jos University Teaching Hospital and its management came up again when the former staged a protest at the premises of the institution demanding the immediate removal of the Chief Medical Director , Edmund Banwat, as his four-year tenure has elapsed. The association […]

By Golok Nanmwa, Jos  The Executive Director DUNCAN Group of Companies Mr. Bawa Larry Peters at the weekend said that the Jos inland container deport on completion would provide employment for about 5 000 persons. Peter’s made this known , in Jos in an interview after conducting Journalists round the Jos Inland dry Port. He […]

Following the spate of killings in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Taraba, Ogun, Abia, Ekiti, Rivers, Delta, Enugu etc and the attendant silence of the Nigerian Government and Security Services to the plight of local farmers, Nigerians who are resident in the UK are encouraged to attend a protest at the Nigerian High Commission Tomorrow at […]

Jos – As Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission continues to maintain silence over whether it would conduct the local government poll on February 18th or not as scheduled, the Peoples Democratic Party has urged the commission not to shift the election. Hon Aminu Zang, the Jos North PDP candidate in the forth coming election challenged […]